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Chapter 1007 Technological Artifact
"I am the sacrificial wine of the Daming Advanced Armed Forces Hall. What Shen Qing means is that it is not right for me to control the Daming Advanced Armed Forces Hall, or should your military department control it? Your military department already has the right to deploy troops, and you want to command the troops. power..." Having said this, Emperor Chongzhen leaned forward slightly, and asked with a bit of majesty, "What is your intention?"

In fact, in the past, the Ministry of War had the right to deploy troops, and the final assessment of generals and the right to serve were also taken from the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, making the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion a vassal of the Ministry of War.But from the beginning to the end, there were no powerful officials in the Ministry of War, and there were no examples of rebellion.But this matter cannot be put on the bright side. No matter who it is, no matter how reasonable it is, it cannot hold the power of commanding and dispatching troops in its hands.

Only the emperor can do it. After all, the world belongs to the emperor. No matter whether it is the governor's office of the five armies or the Ministry of War, they are all subordinates of the emperor. They work for the emperor. The power they have is bestowed by the emperor.

If the sacrificial wine of the high-level military equipment hall of the Ming Dynasty was someone else, such as the governor's mansion of the five armies or the nobles of the emperor, the Minister of the Ministry of War might still be able to argue with reason, but now it is the emperor himself. If he wants to fight for this, he is fighting with the emperor himself. So, how does Shen Yongmao answer the question of Emperor Chongzhen?

Shen Yongmao immediately knew that he had made a slip of the tongue. He couldn't deal with the hat thrown by the emperor. Whether it was a rebellion or a powerful minister, he couldn't bear it. Therefore, he knelt down to apologize and tried to explain: "The old minister didn't mean that. The old minister just thinks that warriors are vulgar and don’t know the teachings of sages, and they will have delusions in their hearts because of power. The minister is just following the practice of previous dynasties, thinking that the warriors will not have this opportunity, and for the long-term stability of my Ming Dynasty..."

"Hehe!" Emperor Chongzhen listened, looked at Shen Yongmao who had already knelt there, and said with a sneer: "So, my Ming Dynasty is full of wars, and the tens of thousands of barbarians in Liaodong can hit the capital city. , even the emperor like me has to go to the top of the city to resist the enemy. The chieftains in the southwest have been in chaos for years, and the thieves on the sea are ravaging the coast. Tell me, what about my elite army? Don't think that I don't know. Your military department has the actual situation. Where did Ming's elite army go after taking command of the army?"

This is actually a bit exaggerated. Even if the Fifth Army Commander’s Mansion still holds the power to command the army, hundreds of years later, the army will still be corrupt, and this responsibility should not be entirely borne by the Ministry of War.

But at this time, since you, Shen Yongmao, came to oppose the Ming High-level Military Equipment Hall, Emperor Chongzhen naturally moved his lips and made the matter more serious. Seeing that Shen Yongmao's forehead was sweating, he continued: "Zhen Yongmao Reforming the military system, training the new army, the effect is all there, and the continuous defeat of the Jianlu is evidence, proving that my approach is useful. Therefore, in addition to the junior military equipment hall, I also established the Ming Dynasty advanced military equipment hall, I don’t hesitate to take the time to personally serve as the sacrificial wine, just to make my Ming army strong again, to make the barbarians subdued, so that our Ming people will no longer suffer from military disasters. Do you have any opinions on this matter?"

Even if Su Qin and Zhang Yi were still alive, they couldn't say much in front of the fact that the new army had already proven its fighting power.However, Shen Yongmao is not a fool. He naturally knows that the prerequisites for Ming's successive victories are not only the reform of the military system, but also the use of new training methods, etc. That's how it gets better.For example, the new army did not participate in the suppression of the chieftain's rebellion in the northwest. Zhu Xieyuan led the army to suppress it.

But even if Shen Yongmao understands this, it's useless. With his identity here, the emperor's words make sense. The power to command the army should not belong to the Ministry of War. If you want to, it is really possible to suppress it.

Therefore, Shen Yongmao could only bow his head: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Originally, he wanted to say that the way of literati and scholars was not taught directly by the emperor, it was just a matter of palace examination, so he thought he was a student of the emperor and put gold on his face.But now the warriors are the real disciples of the Son of Heaven. Such a comparison makes the literati feel bad. Those warriors' tails are not up to the sky?
But these words can no longer be said now.It is not because of the importance of the power to command the army, as Shen Yongmao worried, that the emperor personally served as the sacrificial wine, and this power is tantamount to being in the hands of the emperor himself.When it comes to martial arts, the emperor wants to guard against warriors in this way. Isn't this something that the literati of all dynasties have emphasized and sought after?You can't say publicly that the reason why this power is emphasized is that it is actually in the hands of civil officials, not your emperor!No matter who it is, the emperor himself goes into battle shirtless, who can fight against the emperor?

Therefore, the matter of the Daming Advanced Military Equipment Hall was settled like this.This is also due to the fact that the people in the cabinet are all recommended by Wen Tiren, who can wholeheartedly stand on the side of Emperor Chongzhen, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is reforming, and all the censors are concerned about where they are assigned, how many subordinates they have, etc. , Not many people can have extra thoughts, thinking about going to trouble the emperor.If the emperor is unhappy, then this is the unprecedented reform of the Procuratorate, and it is likely to be out of the game.

But even so, there are still officials who made a memorial. Shen Yongmao couldn't refute this point of view, so he added confusion from another point of view, saying that Li Zicheng and others are not worthy of being disciples of the emperor. Look at their backgrounds and see if they have any qualifications. He Gongji, if he wants to enter the Daming Advanced Armed Equipment Hall, why can't they get the turn?

Regarding these memorials, Emperor Chongzhen didn't bother to refute them, and they all stayed in China. After the accumulation reached a certain level, he held a court meeting, and said to Li Zicheng and the others about the importance of Siberia again.

As a result, almost everyone didn't pay attention to what happened to Siberia. They all cared about the artifact that the emperor said, what exactly is it?The Master said, do not speak of strangeness, force, chaos, and god.Your Majesty, there is something wrong with you!

The emperor's authority, in the eyes of civilian officials, is naturally not as important as in the hearts of generals.To put it bluntly, these civil servants are all educated hooligans, and what they pursue all their lives is to overthrow the authority of the emperor.It is an example of honoring the emperor's court staff.Therefore, what Li Zicheng and the others could believe at once was questioned by the civil servants.

Emperor Chongzhen was not angry about this either, and the most important job of the civil servants was to argue!The ability of a civil servant is to open his mouth.Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen looked at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, made a slightly serious face, and said seriously: "The artifact I said has a name, it is called technology!"

Upon hearing this, all the courtiers, regardless of whether they are cunning, cunning or not, are all surprised, what technology?What is this?
As the confidant of Emperor Chongzhen, Shoufu Wen Tiren is the person who knows Emperor Chongzhen best.Hearing this, he clearly felt that the emperor probably had something new to say.In this case, he stepped out and asked in cooperation: "Your Majesty, what is this technology?"

Hearing Shoufu's question, the others kept quiet. They all wanted to know what this technology is?
"Science and technology are actually the combination of science and technology!" Emperor Chongzhen answered Wen Tiren's question, and in fact taught all his courtiers a lesson. Connecting facts with phenomena is science. Applying scientific results to practical problems is technology.”

Seeing that all the courtiers were confused, Emperor Chongzhen gave another example and explained: "For example, heat expands and contracts, you all know this? After reaching this conclusion, we can further analyze how much heat will increase and how much cold will increase. I will shrink and wait for further details, this is science. Let me give another simple example, such as Kongming lanterns, which are actually related to thermal expansion and contraction. The heated gas floats up and drives the Kongming lanterns to fly into the sky. Come on, it’s technology. The artifact I’m talking about is science and technology, or technology for short!”

Originally, when citing this example of thermal expansion and cold contraction, Emperor Chongzhen wanted to talk about the steam engine.But he thought about it, many officials present did not know about steam engines, so he changed his mind temporarily and used the well-known Kongming Lantern as an example.

Unexpectedly, as soon as this example was mentioned, some courtiers came out with serious faces, and loudly said: "Your Majesty, what's the use of things like Kongming lanterns other than floating in the air to look better? It is a waste of manpower and material resources. Your Majesty wants to say that these things are artifacts that benefit the country and the people, and I really dare not agree!"

Since history has been recorded, many people have tried every means to please the king and obtain official positions.For example, in the absence of a market economy, things that can only be used for court entertainment are dedicated to the king. If the king looks happy, he will naturally be rewarded, and he may even get an official because of it.This is how Kongming lanterns, bamboo dragonflies, firecrackers and other things came about.

Therefore, when Emperor Chongzhen mentioned the Kongming Lantern, some civil officials jumped out to say it.Not only that, but another minister came out and played loudly: "I heard that your majesty accepted a craftsman as an apprentice in the south of the Yangtze River, and he just made this Kongming lantern. I think that your majesty's thoughts are wrong! It's for the great Ming and the ancestors. , I implore Your Majesty to set things right..."

Before he could finish speaking, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help laughing and interrupted the courtier's words.

He thought that the emperor would get angry, or be beaten with a court rod, or even convict, but he just never thought that the emperor would laugh as if he heard something very funny, laughing at his... ignorance?
At some point, the chief assistant Wen Tiren had already returned to the queue.Seeing this scene at this moment, I knew in my heart that the emperor was about to start to get mad and say some unheard of words.

Sure enough, after Emperor Chongzhen laughed for a while, he suddenly stopped talking and looked at this courtier. He had a vague impression that this courtier came from Jiangnan, and that's why he knew about Carpenter Xu!
I heard Emperor Chongzhen say loudly: "It's really ignorant and fearless to say such ignorant words. Frog in the bottom of a well is nothing like this! Do you know that at night in the army, Kongming lanterns hanging in the air are used to convey military orders? This is One of the..."

Obviously, the two courtiers who rushed out to persuade them came from the wealthy Jiangnan.In his life experience, most of them are in the gentle village. They know the purpose of Kongming lanterns.

The two courtiers blushed immediately when Emperor Chongzhen said this in public, and wanted to argue, but the emperor was still talking, and he had no right to interrupt the emperor's words, so he had to hold back.

"Secondly, the technology of thermal expansion and cold contraction I mentioned is just an example embodied in Kongming lanterns. Let me ask you, if this Kongming lantern is built on an extremely large ground, its buoyancy in the air must be very large. When it is large enough Will it take people to the sky? If the current Kongming lantern is not suitable, then if it is improved based on the technological principle of thermal expansion and cold contraction, will it be able to take people to the sky? The current Kongming lantern can only float in the sky, so if Coupled with other devices, can it be controlled to rise and fall in the air according to the human mind, forward and backward..."

Emperor Chongzhen's series of rhetorical questions based on thermal expansion and cold contraction are simply deafening to people of this era.All of a sudden, the scene became very quiet, only the voice of Emperor Chongzhen talking endlessly.

Human beings have always longed to be able to fly in the sky like birds, but at the same time, human beings know that it is impossible for them to fly in the air like birds.But the civil and military officials present at this time seemed to have opened their eyes when they heard the description of Emperor Chongzhen. According to the method described by the emperor, it seemed that it was really possible to do it, and people could fly in the sky!

Think about the impossible, but it is possible to realize it?How did that person feel when he was flying in the sky and looking down at the earth?

"...I did accept an apprentice. I saw him in the south of the Yangtze River aspiring to make a tool that can fly in the sky. Therefore, I asked him to think about the Kongming Lantern and let him understand the scientific and technological principles contained in the Kongming Lantern. Because I know It is impossible to make it without knowing why. I can tell you clearly that something that can take people to heaven will definitely appear within these two years."

It was another deafening statement, and all the ministers couldn't accept it for a while.Subconsciously, they are thinking, the one that can take people to heaven is always a magic weapon, right?

At this time, the two civil officials who came out to oppose stood there a little at a loss.Because the emperor's series of words seemed to prove that they were frogs in a well!This conclusion really made the two of them a little ashamed to stand in the middle, so they wanted to hide in the crowd, where no one could see them.

Emperor Chongzhen looked at the expressions of his courtiers, and was very happy in his heart. Today, he will tear a hole for technology in Daming, so that the concept of technology can take root in Daming!
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